Abstract
A pulsed crossed-beam technique incorporating time of flight spectroscopy has been successfully developed and applied to measurements of the electron impact ionisation cross sections of atomic hydrogen in the range 14.6-4000 eV. The method has been derived from a crossed-beam coincidence technique. By substituting a pulsed proton beam for the pulsed electron beam in the present work, measured electron impact ionisation cross sections have been normalised by reference to known equivelocity proton impact cross sections for both ionisation and charge transfer. The results resolve the discrepancy between earlier less accurate cross sections measured using the modulated cross-beam technique. They provide a reliable check on the range of validity of theoretical predictions over a wide energy range.
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